![]() ![]() Much did you change your voice to become the character?īut sometimes people I do voice work for ask me to 'do’ the voice. Or the sound of being slammed into a wall”Īnyone recognize your voice in real life to be that of Lara Croft? How The time was spent making all the sounds for fighting falling and being hurt. Think I’d better get out of these wet clothes?’ No. Integrated quotes from the script of Tomb Raider you have worked on In the session and giving me more of an idea of the character” There were several people from Eidos and Core Design there directing me I can’t remember if it was a studio in London or inĭerby. ”ĭid you have to go to be recorded? Was anyone from Core Designīack nearly 20 years. James Bond.’ The straighter I did it the more they liked it. Their actual direction was ‘do it like a female But I followed directions they gave me to the letter and did it in a very I thought she looked quite sexyĮven in her early stages of development and I wanted the voice to reflect Most unusual about this role? What parts did you like or dislike?īut I did actually find the voice quite dull. Also acting was a big part of my world, acting singing and dancing in West End shows as well as several commercials on TV and film” At that point I wasnt too established in the business. But I had only been a voice-over artiste for about a year and a half. I was already voicing jingles and cartoons and promos. Have you done voice acting before becoming Lara’s voice? I think maybe I’m the only person never to have played it!” I can just about email! I know many friends who have played it and I meet people all the time all over the world who have played it over and over. “Ha! If you want the truth I have never ever played it!!!! I am completely, utterly technically challenged… No clue how to play a computer game. One they had been looking for for so long and that it was another voice job toĪdd to my CV! At the point of getting the job I didnt realise what a huge thingĭid you play Tomb Raider at all? What are your thoughts on it? You react when you got the position? What where you first reactions? ![]() Record for it and interviews with newspapers all around the world." But after that there were cinema commercials to What were your thoughts about Lara back then? Did you expect her toĬlue of how iconic she would become. Know, there were just a few female protagonists in video-games at a I was just happy after searchingįor so long, the voice they were searching for was mine.” Mind I was never interested in video games. Just about getting a job that so many people had auditioned for. I wasn’t too excited about the character… Threeĭays later I received a conference call from the people at Core Design in DerbyĪnd they offered the role to me. Months and I didn’t think anything of it after recording the ‘audition’. Understood that Eidos and Core had been searching for the voice for over 6 Those were the days of recording something on tape and sending it by post! I One day my agent rang andĪsked if I’d like to record a few lines as the Lara character and so I did. Never being aĬomputer game buff, I had no interest in the subject. "As well as being an actress, I was also busy with voice work,voicing commercials and animations and I had heard on the grapevine that EidosĪnd Core Design were searching for a voice for Lara Croft but I didn’t knowĪnything about that specific game or any games to be honest. How did you find out that the Tomb Raider developers needed a voice actress for their upcoming video game? Were you approached or casted? “Thank you very much for saying that!! You obviously realise flattery gets you everywhere!!“ Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview! It is a great honour to interview a woman who is behind Lara’s original voice! Tomb of Ash presents an exclusive interview with her!Īn exclusive audio message from Shelley Blond! Shelley Blond is the first and original voice of Lara Croft.
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